Elastic corset, girdle, and similar wearing apparel for women



NVNP #MdL/592W Sept. 14, 1953 March 13, 1956 H. HoLscHER ELASTIC CORSET,GIRDLE AND SIMILAR WEARING APPAREL FOR WOMEN Filed Unitedl States PatentO ELASTIC CURSET, GIRDLE, AND SIMILAR WEARIN G APPAREL FOR WOMENApplication September 14, 1953, Serial No. 380,043 1 Claim. (Cl. 236)This invention relates to an elastic hip-shaping article, such as acorset or girdle, provided with a front panel made, for instance, ofsatin, and having stiffening members incorporated into the same.

Many suggestions have been made with regard to these stifening memberswhich may consist of flat vertically or horizontally arranged metalstrips, or of spiral springs.

Moreover, U-shaped stiifeners have been applied to the resilient stomachcovering portions of the corsets or girdles; the two Shanks of theseU-shaped stiffeners extend substantially parallel to each other. The endportions of these stiiener Shanks, however, exert a pressure onto thebody of the wearer and this is particularly noticeable when the latterhas to bow or bend over.` Moreover, the danger prevails that theresilient stileners penetrate the cover forming textiles of the corsetsand girdles.

Corsets provided with spirally shaped springs are known, these springsbeing shaped into closed curves. Also these articles are unsatisfactoryin use because an upsetting action is created at the reversal portionsof the springs whereby the girdles are pierced and pressure and bruisescreated. If the sufficiently strong corset and girdle springs are usedto meet these diiculties, the articles may exert an excessive andintolerable pressure.

It is the foremost object of `they invention to eliminate thedisadvantages of the hitherto customary elastic corset and girdlereinforcing members and inserts.

It is also an important object of the invention to attain a satisfactoryshape stabilization of the corsets and girdles without a reduction ofthe rigidity of the elastic corset stiltening members.

With these and additional objects in view the invention will now bedescribed more in detail and with reference to the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figs. 1 and 2 show plan views of the front portion of two modificationsof a hip girdle made in conformity with the invention.

The drawing shows a slip girdle or corset consisting of a rubber fabricwhich preferablymay be of the pull and push type.v A front panel 2 whichmay be made of a satin fabric is sewed onto the girdle.

The panel 2 may be provided with a strong lining. A front shield 3 isfastened to the panel 2. This shield is provided with a pocket 10fastened to the shield by seams 4; this pocket 10 harbours a spring 5;the-individual spiral turns of this spring are vpressure-flattened.

l The shield 3 and the pocket 10 have the'shape of a lyre consisting ofa curved and closed inner end portion 6 and two lateral branches 11 ofwhich one is substantially S-shaped and the second is oppositelyS-shaped.

In this direction the instant lyre-shaped shield 3 differs essentiallyfrom the customary means of this type which are U-shaped or have theform of a horseshoe. As apparent from the drawing, the lateral branches11 of the shown lyre-shaped front shield iirst approach each other andthereupon diverge from each other. The lyre-shape of the pocket andconsequently of the spring located 2,737,660 Patented Mar. 13,- 1956 icetherein is clearly shown in the drawing. The distance between the twoShanks of the spring 5 is smallest between the portions 7 thereof andlargest at the ends 8.

If the female using this resilient corset or girdle has to move her backfrequently and strongly, it is recommended to lengthen the Shanks of thelyre-shaped spring 5 into circular end portion.

As further apparent from Fig. 1, a reinforcing member 9 is provided atthe upper end of the lyre-'shaped shield 3, which consists of a atstrip. This strip has a length which approximately equals the distancebetween the two free ends of the lyre-shaped spring 5.

This spring may be combined with plate-shaped reinforcing members ofartificial materials or fabrics impregnated therewith.

As another type of additional reinforcing members a plurality ofresilient at rods may be applied to the inner space which is enclosed bythe lyre-shaped reinforcing spring 5. These at rods may extendvertically and may be located at a different distance from each other;they may also be disposed in a horizontal direction and combinations ofvertical and horizontal llat rods or Vrod groups may be used.

The front panel 2 shown in Fig. 2 is slightly dierently constructed thanthe front panel 2.

Its resilient shield 3' is lyre-shaped; however, the ends of the twobranches extend inwardly. Moreover, the shield is located in such amanner .that its upper rounded end portion substantially coincides withthe upper rim of the panel 2.

A plurality of these lyre-shaped resilient shields of a different sizeand shape may be concentrically disposed within each other; greater orsmaller spaces may be provided between the same or they may be placed ina tight relationship to each other.

The lyre-shape of the resilient shield portion 3 represents the essenceof the invention; it prevents the resilient rod-shaped inserts S locatedin the upper edge portion of `the front panel from protruding from thesame, tilting over or cutting into the girdle. The shape andthe type ofthe resilient members 5 eticiently cooperate to impart to the waistlineof the female body a good shape and to eliminate pressure spots.

The outwardly extending ends of the two shanks of thelyre-shapedresilient members take up those pressure corn-V ponents which areadapted to perforate the material of the front panel. On the other hand,the lyre-shape of they shield 3 enables a concentration of the resilientforces and a reinforcement of the same at the places Where this actionis mainly desired.

In dependence upon the directioning of the two lyre branches towards theupper edge, see Fig. 1, or the lower edge, see Fig. 2, ofthe front panel2 the two Shanks S of the lyre-shaped shield 3 approach each other inthe upper or the lower third of the panel in a slightly curveddirection. In this manner the resilient action of the shield portion 3is increased within the range of its above denoted portions without thecreation of pressure spots.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tobe secured by Letters Patent, is as follows:

In a corset having a front panel, a reinforcing member xedly mounted insaid panel, said reinforcing member extending curvularlegs, said legseach being substantially UNITED STATESr PATENTS centrally divided intoan upper portion and a lower por-

